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//2 S 7 :K3l - , • ..•J.• • " BRITISH ANNUITY COMPANY.-NO TICE is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS, will be , held at the:Company's Offices, No. 86, Thew BROAD -STREET, on FRIDAY the lst De (*tuber, at 12 for 1, precisely, for the purpose of considering the propriety of CONFIRMING or of RESCINDING the RESO LUTIONS adopted at the Geheral Court of Proprietors, on the 10th instant. Nov. 18, 1826. JAMES MITCHELL, Seereto7. UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIA TION.—The COURT of DIRECTORS hereby give NOTICE, that the following Payments are to be made by the PROPRIETORS, to Messrs. BOSANQUIT and Co., No. 73, Lombard -street, Rankers to the Association, vie ' 10s. per Share, on or before the 7th December. 10s. do. do. do. Ist February next.' R. HEATH Fl ELD, Secretary. • No. 13, Old Broad-street, Nov. 11, 1826. Just published, pries 29. 6d. OME ILLUSTRATIONS of Mr. M , CUL- N , LOCH'S PRINCIPLES of POLITICAL ECONOMY. By MORDECAI MULLION, ' Private Secretary to Christopher North. 0, thou bust damnable Iteration. SHAINPEARI'S Henry IV. . Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. AIR. NONE'S WOOD-CUT PUBLICATIONS, with One Huudred and 'Tventy DRAWINGS lay Mr. GEORGE _ . CRUIKSHANK. - Now ready, in an Svo. volume of 480 pages, price 103. 6d. in extra boards, - I: 4 I ACETIIE and MISCELLANIES. By WIL -L LIAM HONE. With 120 Engravings, from Drawings by George Cruiksbank. , " We twa ha' paidle4—" _ . ",,* This complete Collietion of Mr, Hone's Wood-eut Publi cations is formed by Itinriel4 from picked impressions of the En-. gravinge. To illustrate the mutual co-operation that produced the* celebrated productions, he has written a preface, and ar ranged a design for the motto, drawn by Mr. Cruikshauk. Each of the 120 Engravings is from that artist's luxuriant pencil : the Collection contains the most spirited specimens of his freest and most characteristic style. Mr. Hone can make up only a limited number of copies ; and as, after these are disposed of, it will not " Pnadible to produce suothor copy, at any price, the purchasers of the volume will possess a work that will increase in value with the increase of thee.--Orders should be given immediately. Published by Hunt and Clarke, Tavistock-street, London; A. M. Graham, College-green, Dublin ; John Sutherland, Edin burgh, ke• LONDON CARRIER COMPANY.—The Directors of the Lon* Carrier Company most respect fully beg leave to return their thanks to the Public for the support they have hitherto received ; and they hope for the continuance of its patronage. The Company is conducted upon the same plan as the Two-penny Post ; and the advantages offered to the Public are the great facility which it affords them of forwarding packages and parcels ; and at this season of the year, particularly game, to all parts of Loudon, and all places within its vicinity, within five miles, twice every day, at a moderate charge. Printed Lista of the nutuerous Receiving-Houses in the Metropolis and its Environs maY be obtained (Gratis) upon application to the Manager, at the principal:Office, 69, Great Queen-street, Lincohed-Inn-Fields. sir The Public are requested to be particular in demanding Printed Receipts for all Packages left at the Receiving-Houses, or givin to any. of the Drivers. As the Company make no charge for bookin g, being a saving to the Public of 25 per cent. on an average, they cannot be responsible for any parcels entrusted to their care, unless the receipt be produced. A PATENT BEAVER HAT. CCOVINTON, in offering to the Public a `-. 1 • BEAVER HAT of a quality, shape, and appearance, decidedly superior to any yet tmuuffacturetl, begs leave briefly to statft wherein its superiority consists. The 'finest BEAVER HATS of the usual manufacture, .will, en account of the thinness and length of the BEAVER or NAP, assume a very rough and unsightly appearance, on being exposed to the wind. New this HAT, even if exposed to the roughest !mobs!, wilt always present an uniform and beautiful smoothness, is Consequence of a peculiar method resorted to in disposing the NAP or BEAVER, which is remarkably SHORT and THICK. it is also perfectly water - proof, light, elastic,. and of astonishing ity. c • this • s unriv alled it confident that one trial only will insure the epteeeto 'tiled Hat really merits..Gentletnan's travelling Caps in great variety. 124, Cheapside, two doors from Wood-street. PATEN T HARPS.—SCHWIESO and Co., in returning thanks for the extensive patronage with which tliey have been liOnOnrecl, are happy to inform the Nobility, th utrY, and Mutical World in general, that they have just ob. 141 ned his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for a new and brilliant IMP ROVEMENT on the HARP. It• has been ever a subject ~ e mnPlaint, &ad the Makers' attention strongly directed to re move, thos e tin leasin •is to which Harps have always been sub . found P ject—,a desideratum, however, till nnw, unaccomplish td. fcliwieso and Co.'s Patent will be found effectually to rremedy this def ec t,' gi v ing a fullness and richness of tone to the trutnent hitherto unknown, as well also as facilitating very considerably th e movemen t of the Pedals. They will be happy "' give proof of this' most intereatingdiscovery to any Lady or %ntleulau who *ill honour them with a call, at their Establish ißq nt - ..egent-str4t, where an extensive assortment of iiegant an d b r illi ant-tone d Harps and Piano-fortes is constantly on 3444. • * A great variety of' Spanish Guitars on sale. 4 * - • tiarps and Piano forte Lent on Hire ; Roman Strings Of the rust quality. ASQN'S PATENT IMPROVED SAFETY n AXLE-TREES ANL) BOXES roe CARRIAGES. — these Improvements a greater Quantity of Oil than usual can en iDlnyed, and which contlnually.circulating-round the Axles, prevents the Wheels from sticking fast, Of heating on long Jour, ' lessens th e F r i c ti o n, and causes them to run with ' more 141411084 than hitherto. The' Wheels are effectually prevented fro, , co • ming off in use • and they can be let out at pleasure , when t14 ,,,ve1h,g in bad roads , ?erfect safety. iMprirrements are fully described in Gill's " Technical fA •rw;ory of. Discoveries and Improvements in-the Useful Arts," Oetbber, 1826; and also in a Treatise, published by t he 17,entee, Ve'iLtaiit MAsO,N; at his Manufactory, 22; Cs.stle , street "4”loxford Market, London. ti,, 44 " . Paints for the United Kingdom have been obtained for .improyements ; and they are besides sanctioned by their wlapt,ton tatoongst the first Nublemen, Gentlemen, Coach-Makers, . 6 ZZ "14. Praprietors, to whom they have given entire • DUEL.—AZr" --- tOok Blackheath, b e t ween & M r. place yesterday morning on in consequence of a dispute at n and a Mr. s—, both of London, evening. After en eachturtni.sw.rutY-lane theatre, on Monday . interfered, and the dispute was si .Z .... blclts from each the 'seconds MR. "WELLESLEY Limo 'il c ; ar rang" i l. , L 14.- rom a Cor respondent. )- 7 A paragraph has appe art d ( papers, stating that the 6,0001. aaraligi, n in "wa'rrer'lleu ,of the news above-named gentleman in the late acti on tr i sdinth a gs e kot the Court of Common Pleas, had been paid on the very ni g h t of the which the verdict was given ; such, however, we know da ynourtuo have been the faat, because about three o'clock in the afternoon of the following Friday, just; a,s Mr. Wellesley Long Pole had mounted his horse to take an afternoon's ride, and . was proceeding from his sift house is Hall-place, St. John's Wood, followed by his gro om , two of those very, vigilantliersonages called Sheri f f 's o ffi cers lip preached hith, and respecCully touching their hats, intimated to kite, dist they were desirous of the pleasure of his company for e short tiro% at the request of ,Captain 'Nigh, who wished to -"We with hint% matter of 7,0001. damages and costs. Mr. Wellesley immediately accepted the invitation, and alighting from his horse gave the animal in charge to his groom to return home with it, while he, Mr. Wellesley, himself apparently in the best Kssilile humour, and laughing heartily at the adventure, walked with the Shelf's officers to the nearest mach-stand, when all ' l ti lteS got into a " Jarvy," and drove to the office of Mr. Welles 'Vs solicitor in the city, where the necessary security was given for the Payment of the demand, and before the expirati on of two ,°4llllVir. Wellesley was back again at his house in flail-place. !qrs. Inighonight have had a full view of this interesting proceed .hofrOrn.her drawing-room window, as she occupies au elegant use, No. 10, St. John's Wood-road, not above SOO yards from 'where Mr. Wellesley resides. This lady sports daily a beautiful ~tl . l 4P sgi ,with the arum and livay of Mr. Wellesley, and with . ',;7l l ,?teeption of her coachman, who deee not live in the house, t tki *eremite, male and female, art foreigners. . No. 10,065. / 3, PR ICE 7D. WEDNESPAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1826. LITERATURE. THE SABBATH MUSE. `We have been much pleased with this little unas suming publication ; whose sentiments, fraught with the purest spirit of piety, and expressed in language worthy of their divine character, must come home to the hearts of all. The Author has selected a theme well fitted from its solemn, yet inspiring associations, for the higher purposes of poetry, and has done it adequate justice. His apostrophe to Virtue, is espe cially beautiful, and we regret from its length, our utter inability to insert it at present ; the following sketch of the Sexton, however, will serve to show what he Author's talents really are ; the line marked in :alics possesses both fancy and observation. E'en here whereto my thoughtful walk bath led, Within this lone church-yard no sight obtrudes To shake the constant mind.' Not but lileem The sexton's song, half buried in the grave, Unmet, irreverent,, heartless. Round him lie His playmates,' friends, companions, rivals, kin ; The earth he digs is of them, and the air, Which from his lungs he shakes in hoarse catarrh, Is pestilent with their smell, yet he eau work Amid those sad memorials of past days, Nor once attain the thavht that's in a tear. At length the knave is silent,—and behold, The slow procession moving nods along, While crowds pursue, as if the show were made To flatter with its sight the curious eye, To All that empty bowl, the gossip's ear, Or give another chance to vanity Of mention ere it rot. But let it pass—. 'Tie the last strut of pride, and may be borne. AFRICAN ANTS, &e. I:110M MR. CRADOCK'S AMUSING WORK, ENTITLED " LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS MEMOIRS." Tuesday the 27th.—Waited upon the Governor of Guadeloupe, where, to my great surprise, I met with my old acquaintance, A r . Smeathman, the African traveller, who was giving English in structions to the Governor's three sons. Here likewise I was in troduced to Dr. Fischer, Professor of Physic at Gottingen, and many other literati; and it was agreed that we should all assem ble again in the evening at the Academy, to hear Mr. Sme'ath man's interesting lecture on the subject of Africa, which was to be given there... He not only treated us with the sight of many models of antiquities, but likewise with the inspection of his own drawings of the termites or ants ; of which, as soon as I reached home, I took the following account : " The Termites or Ants, upon the banks of the river Niger, in Africa, are so numerous that at one season of the year they make part of the food of the inhabitants, who consider them as a great delicacy, when roasted iu the tame manner as we do coffee.— These insects in their way of living resemble bees. They form their houses with great exactness, in several cells, in which they deposit their eggs. The King and Queen make theirs separate, and much larger than the others. The Queen grows to the size of a large hornet, and as she enlarges, the working ants increase the size of her cell. When first hatched, the ants are of a whitish colour, but soon change to a brown, almost verging towards black. At this time they have wings. Sometimes the queen ant grows to be six inches long (one was shown to us most curiously dissected by Dr. Hunter.) She is so prolific as to lay 60 eggs in a minote. Some of the ant-hills rise to the height of 20 feet.— We saw the drawing of one of them, with an ox at the top of it. These are of great use to travellers in Africa, as they all appear much higher than the herbage." (The Governor of Gaudaloupe said, the grass in that island was much the same ati that described by Mr. Smeathman, and gave us an account of the Island of St. Lucie. The grass there, lie said, was cut once in six weeks.)— A most curious account was then given of en immense bird which lead used to accompany Mr. Smeathman at dinner time. It would stand behind his chair to be fed ; would retire into the country for many mike, and again return. It wits higher than anostriuh. Mr. Sineatlunan and I had frequent interviews, whilst we re mained at Paris; and here I cannot help anticipating so far as to mention, that in little more than a year, we unexpectedly met in London; it was at the great. Coffee-house in Ludgate-hill, where we stayed and supped together. We talked overmany occur rences from the time we had resided at Scarborough, of which delightful sea-port he was a native. He then informed me that he had been frequently with Mr. Pitt, who wished to give. him some foreign appointment, but that he had that day made an ad vantageous engagement with the African Company. He seemed ill, and said be was going that night to sleep at the house of a re lative at Lambeth : as it rained hard, I urged him either to re main in town, or endeavour to get a coach ; but he replied, " Do you think, my friend, that I shall merely stay here to nurse for a cold, who are thoroughly seasoned to all climates ?" We parted, and I had not passed a fortnight in the country, before I read a recital of his death. Hie old friend, Mr. Kearsley, of Fleet-street, applied to me to give him any particulars I knew of his life; but before I could furnish any, he likewise died. - I retain some of Mr. Smeathman'e drawings; but of his papers I can give no ac count; and thus ends my melancholy recollection of this most n orth y character. In the course of the evening which we passed at the Academy, a proposal was made;,that we should all meet the next day at the Royal Observatory, and, examine for some miles the stone quarries which had been opened under the City of Paris ; and accordingly, at em early hour, a large party assembled, and soon afterwards began to nudes this dangerous experiment. We first descended to the depth of eighty-four feet, which is the height of the Observatory, and then traversed several long aisles, like those of churches, but under ceilings which were frequently drip ping with water. We then sometimes scrambled up and down broken stairs, like those in old belfries, but we no where met with any good or direct road. On coming to one part, some alarm took plait, as it was feared either that the torches might go out, or from similarity, that the guides might mistake the passages ; when one of the company mentioned that some such accidents had' lately occurred, and his recital did not much con tribute to our comfort or satisfaction ; sonic other altercation like wise began to arise, when suddenly we found ourselves in a broad area, where an entertainment for us had been prepared, but most of us seemed more inclined to see broad daylight again, than par take of any elegant4estivity ; we accepted, however, with as good a grace es we could, of some refreshment, but the most prudent of the party suggested, that the 'wines should nut be too freely and particularly amongst the inferiors or at tendants.cautiously partaken of this unexpected r e pa s t, distril iu l tet avi l ia , g we made our acknowledgments to the donors, but did not express when we were informed that we might almost ascend the regular staircase, which leads into the hmuuerhehd immediatelyi displeasure, t a h s e u i highly-favoured Abbeys of Val de Grace. This church has the honour to contain the hearts of at least thirty of the Royal Family of France, but the Abbeys itself was erected by Queen Anne of Austria, the wife of . Louis the Thirteenth, as a . mark of gratitude to Heaven for the birth of Louis the Four keoth, who il laid the first stone of the building when he was only. oven Years of age ; and the whole is venerated with all due de votion, as a sublime sanctuary. Some of my friends at the Ob servator y having expressed a wish "' in lin how o ur adventure underground had terminated, I waited upon sh am next morn i ng , and gave them all the information in wy head th e to find that al l their finest instruments lead beet purcitseduilneLoudon.had touch discourse with them ennc* rniug the u mostexperienc and gave themt as I could, not only of the i mprovements at faithfulthe an accoun at Greenwich, but like wise of the . ett stronomete of my own country, ,„ enera . Royal Observatory er et made in our own le._progress which had e with marked attention, They listeZd " to w n i ll as in inan y different pa confessed, that and freely that though their build' te , its t , lse . kingdom yet it was by tl extend ed stamen y nr, means erected as to exterior, was partial . arlY elegant, ed ; and that, till Cassinfected on a su been sent for from lltdolgtt the reques no astronomi cal observations, they believed, 111(1 new directions, with e awe accurac y as i n E ngland. , ever been made said, they were hippy to find we had experienced then reverted to the t of the great Colbert, had roses of the d: before, and they convenience front either darn • ed h P nr cold, has they still consider t no material in whole as a dangerous undertaking. Till the year 1774 it was not publicly known that quarries extended under great part of the city, when some very alarming accidents had occurred ; they were then surveyed under the direction of Government, and plans of them were taken ; and it was i llaeavered, that most of the southern, parts of Paris were undermined, and were in the moat imminent danger. A Special CatneMssion WAS appointed in the year 1777, to direct such works as might be required ; and the necessity of such Commission was fatally proved the very day that it was installed, for a house sit ua t e d i n th e Rue d'Enfer, sank near one hundred feet below the level ; but they added, such was the carelessness of workmen, that after all which had been done, they considered now, that no great shock was wanting to throw dawn all the stones into the places front whence they had been quarried, and that not only the magnificent Abbaye du Val de Grace, but some palaces were only so mauy signs to tell beholders, that whatever they saw above their beads, had merely been taken, without consideration, from under their feet. SOME ILLUSTRATIONS of Mr. M'CULLOCH'S PRIN CIPLES of POLITICAL ECONOMY. By MORDECA I MULLION, Private Secretary to. Christopher North. 1%3:- wood,.Edinbur4; and CidelliAtiodoo, 1826. Bvo. pp. 74. proof we bring of his imposture is=—that, in the last Number of the Edinburgh Review, he has palmed otr as au original artitio on Mr. Jacob's Report, an Essay, written by himself, that ap peared in a former Number on a Letter of Mr. Whitmore. Edinburgh Review, No. SS,' Sept. 1826, pp. 355-6-7.8. " But while the abolition of the Corn Laws would be produc of no material injury to the farmers and landlords, by reducing the average price of raw produce, it would, by giving greater steadiness to prices, be no less advantageous to them than to the other classes of the community. Were the freedom of the corn trade established, our' prices would be governed by the deerape Price of Europe : and it is plain, inasmuch as the weather that is unfavourable to the crops raised in a district having a particular soil or climate, is most commonly favourable to those raised in districts having a different soil or climate, that the averoye price of a great Continent, or rather of the whole commercial world, must necessarily be incomparably more steady than that of a single kingdom. Holland, during the days of her greatest prosperity, was chiefly fed on imported corn ; aruf it is an undoubted fact, that prices in Amsterdam were always comparatively moderate, and fluctuated less than in auy other market of Europe," &c. Edinburgh Review, No. 81, October, 1824, pp. " But if the abolition of the Corn Laws would not be injurious to the farmers or landlords, by causing a further reduction of price, it would, in other respects, be singularly advantageous to them. Were the freedom of the corn trade established, it is plain that our prices would be governed by the average price of Europe, which, inasmuch as the weather that is unfavourable to one country is generally favourable to another, is comparatively steady. AA illustrative, of this principle, we may observe, that Holland, dur ing the days of her greatest prosperity, was chiefly f e d on im ported corn; and it is an undoubted fact that prices in Amster dam were always comparatively moderate, sod that they varied less than any other market of Europe," &c. Edited on this system, what admirable numbers might we have of the .Edinburgh Review? Literature by Mr. Jeffrey,—philo sophy by Sir James Mackintosh,—politics by Mr. Brougham,— wit, humour, fun, and frolic, by the Rev. Sydney Smith,--select ed articles,—all written in their happiest vein But oh ! misery of miseries, whit a number might be put together from the hallu cinations of the hacks of the concern ! Reynolds—and "the rest." Such a number would prove fatal to many subscribers; they would not only give up the Review, but the ghost, and find refuge in the grave from the accumulated horrors of Cockneyism about to burst on their devoted heads. We should not have been in the least degree surprised had Mr. McCulloch, emboldened by the success of his hitherto undetected artifices, sported the same article twice in the same number. An opening article stands pretty far removed from a concluding article. Ere the ordinary reader has waded through the space between, the memory of the opening article is lost or dim ; and although he might be somewhat puzzled and perplexed by the sudden aspect of the apparition, In the questionable shape of the concluding article, we are persuaded that, if four and twenty hours were to elapse between perusals, he would seldom or never discover his . friend of yesterday. In the case of Mr. M'Culloch's articles, ex perience proves, that it is altogether impossible to imprint them on the tablets of the pUblie's memory ; and seeing that the same article has been published and re-published so frequently in dif ferent numbers, w ith o ut awakening the slightest suspicion o f it s identity, how can w,e doubt for a moment that it would have equal good luck in the same number, and page itself off for two, just like any other swindler in a large town,.who succeeds in robbing his lodgings, in the character of a blue red yellow Admiral in the morning, and in the evening gets possession of a gold repeater by playing the old General ! We - could,. if we chose, exhibit one of Mr. MlCulloch's para graphs, who, like "a tall bully, lifts his head and lies," assum ing nine different disguises, and performing nine different cha racters in nine different companies.. Here is a short one, whc performs five. Nu. l.—Mr.,l4VCiallocles &ay on Reducing the interest of the National Debt.—Edinburgh, 1816, pp. 139, 4 40. " A general failure of ths,crops in an extensive kingdom, i s s Calamity that but seldom. occurs. The weather that is milkvou nide to vegetation in one specks of soil, is frequently savants. geons to it in another. ft moist clayey land *utter from a wet *winner, the crops are rendered more luxuriant in dry rocky districts; the excess of produce in one province compensates for its deficiency In another, and except in anomalous cases, such as the present season, the total supply is nearly the same. If this be generally true of a single nation, it is always true in reference to the world at large. 'No 'one instance of universal scarcity blackens the history of mankind,! but it is constantly found, that when the crops of one country fail, plenty reigns in some other quarter. A freedom of trade is alone wanted to guarantee a min. try like Britain, abminding in the varied products of industry, in merchandise suited to the wants of every society, from the possi bility of* scarcity. The nations of the earth are not eondenined to throw the dice to determine which of them shall submit to Is. mine. There Is always abundance of food in the world. To en joy asonstant plenty, we have only to lay aside our prohibitions and restrictions, and to cease to counteract the benevolent wisdom of Providence. "The case of Holland strongly corroborates the truth of all we have now stated. In the days of her greatest prosperity, she was chiefly fell with imported CM, and the prices there were extremely moderate, and what is of infinite consequence, were more steady than iu any other country of Europe." No. 11. —Scoraat ax, 6th January, !tat I. " Nor is this mere gratuitous assumption. The weather which is found to be unfavourable to the crops of one country, is inva riably found to be favourable to those of another country having a different soil anti climate. When moist clayey lands suffer from a wet season, the harvests are Universally rendered more luxuriant iu dry rocky districts. - The excess of produce in one part com pensates for its deficiency in another. And a sithultaneotts failure of the crops in different countries, is a calamity with which huma nity has not hitherto been afflicted." But we have it in our power to appeal to a still more con clusive experience. Holland, in the days of her greatest prove rity, was chiefly fed by imported corn; and it is an undeniable fact, that the prices there were always extremely moderate, and fluctuated less than in any other country in Europe. Even dur ing the convulsions of the last twenty years, and when her former commercial connexions had been almost all dissolved, prices col tinned extremely steady. The nations of the earth are not con demned to throw the dice to determine whiCh of them shall sub mit to famine. There is always abundance of food in the world; and to enjoy a constant plenty,. they have only to lay aside their prohibitions and restrictions, and to ceaserto counteract the bene volent wisdom of Providence." No. 111.---Burrmarr To ENCVCI,ONEDIA ilazfi. Ellin. 1819. crops A fie edo of mo one f country trees isalfia,elilloe, eltaedtacy,t. Vol. 111. Part It p. 361. " In the second place, the wider the surface from which a coun try derives its supplies of food, .the less will it be exposed to flue tuations of price, arising from favourable or unfavourable seasons. A gtneral failure of the crops of an extensive kingdom is a calamity that but seldom occurs. The weather that is unfavourable to ve getation in one species of soil, is frequently advantageous to it in another. If moist clayey lands suffer from a wet summer, the crops are rendered more luxuriant iu dry rocky districts. The excess of produce in one province compensate* for its deficiency in another and, except in anomalous cases, the total supply is nearly the same. But, if this be true of a single nation, it is always true in reference to the world at large. No ono instance of uni verw ~e , g ei ty blackens the histbry of mankind ; but it is con infbilsolte t o l t i l ii i t er w q h n e a n rtet to guarantee a country like Britain, abounding in all the varied , sta eig n i t l l o y products of industry, in merchandise suited to the wants of every ur society,h a e fil n ' o l t n eo t n he derned 4ib t i o lit t Y hro of w a trerdeiitcey.to 'itellteerniliaintietn•::hoicfbno'ef them shall submit to famine. There is always abundance of food in the world. To enjoy a constant plenty, we have only to l• aside our prohibitions and restrictions, and to cease to the benevolent wisdom of Providence." " The case of Holland strongly corroborates the truth of all We have stated. In the days of her greatest prosperity, she teas chiefly fed with imported corn, and the prices there were extremely mo derate; and, what is of infinite consequence, were steadier than in any country of Europe." No. IV.----Entsuunott REVIEW, No. Lxxti. Pp. 444, sti., .Fo" bruary, 1824. Nor is this mere theoretical reasoning. The weather, which i s f oun d t o be unfavourable to t crops of one district, is invori ably found to be favoureble to tlio:se of enotlar district, having a different soil and climate. When moist clay lands suffer from a wet season, the harvests are uniformly rendered snore luxuriant in dry rocky districts. The excess of produce in one part compen sates for its deficiency in another ; and, except in some anomalous eases; the average produce does not differ considerably. A failure Ed the crops throughout an extensive kingdom, is a calamity that does not often occur; and no single instance can be proiluced of a simultaneous failure of the crops throughout the commercial world. On the contrary, it is always found, that when the harvest is un favourable in one country, it is proportionality favourable in some other quarter. Holland, in the days of her vastest prosperity, was chiefly fed by imported corn ; and it is an un deniable fact, that prices in Amsterdam were always moderate, and fluctuated less than in any other market in Europe. Even during the convulsions of the last twenty years, and when. bee former commercial connexionm had been almost entirely dissolved, prices continued extremely steady. It is,' as the Count de Terri has happily observed, ' a melancholy error to suppose that the nations of the earth are condemned to throw the dick, to detenninsi which of them shall submit to famine !' There is always !sham/. ance of food in the world to enjoy a constant plenty, we have only to throw our ports open—to lay aside our prohibitione and restrictions, and to cease to countentet the benevolent wisdom of Providence." No. V...--EDINSUAGIif RtVIRW, No. /AV. p. 183, January lattr. " But in the second place, it is not true that restrictions pn the Corn trade afford any security for our obtaining an ample and in dependent supply of raw produce. On the contrary, .it is a re cognised principle, that the wider the surface from which a country derives its supplies of food, the less will it be exposed to fluctuations of price, arising from favourable or unfavourable sea sons. The weather that is injurious to one soil, or one situation, is generally favourable to a different soil and a different situa tion. A general failure of the crops throughout au extrnsist kingdom, is a calaMity that but rarely occurs. The excess of produce in one province, generally compensates for its deficiency in another; and, except in anomalous met, the total supply is nearly-the mime. But, if this be generally trap of a single nation. it is always true in reference to the world at large. It is inva riably found that when the crops 'clone country fail, plenty reigns in some other quarter. And a perfect freedom of trade is all that is wanted to guarantee a country like Britain, abounding in all the varied products of industry—in merchandise stilted to the wants of every society—from the possibility of a 'Scarcity." .... 0 ' t r 4 'lk'' 4'5, 1 115, • • 414, fCr ) i. ' W‘i. - ' ~.. , 4: 1 , : ,...”..,- : ) •••--C34., k . , , ...... I 14- . ,_ _ V,01: , , , i l , ;,{P ~....), ,• • . 7 . - '''',.,‘,,,, '' ' .l ' . .. c,,,,,,, :, ..... ~,t).N , • 0 , ~ j l r. ' ~ ~..._..„ 1 ' ' NA •., I'. i tY ' ; . 1 . ' ... ‘ 1 ... k t a' . ... % ' A. ~.., d ~.., ,r4...a- 10;500 1 0 ;500 e 'tIV: -.. .-. ' 7 ' ".....„, X 2: 0 \ -it c i ."'"" - -•-• ' ' ' '' 'initO ' ,Ar...1...A: .O' ' Ni - 1 ~_•,... 1T ~ „,., t " 0 thou hast damnable iteration."--Hinny IV. We have hastily glanced at this singular publica tion, smoking wet from the press, and almost fancy that we see Mr. Mathews performing his mail-coach adventures over again, and presenting us with another portrait of himself for the eighth or tenth time—for, at every page of this work we meet another and the same subject like an old nd with a new face, per forming like Clar a Fi s her, The Maid of All Work, to the astonishment of -the beholders. The object of the work before us is to point out what appears to us an incredible number of instances, - in which Mr. M'Culloch has reprinted his own ideas upon Political Economy, almost verbatim in several publications, as well as in the Edinburgh Review, the last number of which bears ample testimony to the charges of self-plagiarism, brought forward against him. The thing is so palpa ble, that we cannot refuse the evidence of our eyes, and yet it appears perfectly unaccountable why the same thing should be multiplied repeatedly, and that too as original each successive time, like the new moon, unless it were done under the idea that a good story cannot be told too often. And yet there ap pears to be some method, if not due discretion in the thing, for the same arguments, like a swivel gun, are brought to bear upon the same object, come from what quarter it may. We are truly eta loss to guess the drift of all this economy in printing, for a man of Mr.M , Culloch's original mind was surely above thecora mon place repeti tion of himself. It cannot be that he imagined the reading public would overlook the repetition of the old tale, and that at such a short interval ; or perhaps he judged them like the frequenters of different cook-shops, 'and so gave all his customers the same dish, as political economy wasuit in season. But the thing is alto gether marvelously perplexing, and the wonder is in creased by the circumstance that if the plagiarism did exist so long,•how it escaped detection and exposure till the present time. For the honour of Mr. M'Cul loch—for the benefits conferred On the public by the cultivation of the science of Political Economy, we shall suspend our belief in the extraordinary proofs contained in this publication, and invite the public to judge for themse l ves by referring to the documents which Mordecai Mullion very manfully lays before his readers with their dates and authorities. In the mean time we select at random some passages from the text which is exultingly caustic, and subjoin a few extracts for the satisfaction of those who cannot get the book so expeditiously as Our paper. If the imputations be true, they appear incredible—and if false, it would be villainous economy to stint the utter reprobation of their author. There are some things about Mr. M‘Culloeh's -conduct, as a contributor to the Edinburgh Review, which appear to us more especially to require explanation. Mr. Jeffrey, we presume, con siders his Journal to possess a character for some originality, but we are greatly mistaken if its originality, in as far as Mr. M'Cul loch's contributions are concerned, be not of a kind that the Editor would not be, by any means, anxious to.see established. During the eight years that Mr. M'Culloc.ll has been a contri butor to that work, be has acted upon a system never before re cognized as legitimate, either in it or in any other journal—a sys tem in itself at once ludicrous and unprincipled. 'The editor of the Edinburgh Review pledges himself that every article, in every number, shall, in expression at least, be mainly different from all its predecessors. He Also pledges himself that the articles in hie journal shall substantially he written for it, and not cobbled up articles out of other publications. 'That surely is not to take very high ground ; for if Mr. Jeffrey were to maintain that he has a right to reprint, if he chooses, in one number, the article which bad appeared iu another, without saying it word about it, he would be :lying in the face of all honest and sensible mon ; and if be were to maintain that he has a right to insert cobbled articles if be chooses, and ia S often as he chooses, then he degrades his jour nal to the level of a mere compilation. In his review of Mr. M'Culloch's Discourse on the Rise, Pro greso, Peculiar Objects, and Importance of Political Economy, Mr. Jeffrey shows that he is notat all aware of the nature of the plan on which that person constructs his works. , " Mr. *Cul loch," he says, " has given so luminous a summary of these doe trines (of wages and population), that we think it our duty, at the risk of some apparent repetition, to lay his edition of it also before our milers." Mr. Jeffrey's own edition was a thousand times better than that which, at the risk of some repetition, he lays be fore his readers. Rut, in his simplicity, he was neither aware of the sort of repetition counnitted—nor that Mr. M'enlattli otherltad been long in the habit, in the .Edinburgh Review, a places, of giving two, three, tour, five, and six editions of all his doctrine,. See how absurd part of Mr. Jef f rey's quotation from the Discourse looks beside its brother of the Priuciples of Poli tical Economy 1 Passage from Mr. M'Culloch's DiscOurse, quoted by Mr. Jeffrey i n Edinburgh Review,No. $5, Sept., 1825, p. 14. " From the remotest antiquity down to our own times, it had . been the uniform policy of legtilators to rye an ar tif ic ial st i mu l us to population by encooraginrearly marriages and bestowing re wards on those who had reared the greatest number of children. But the doctrines of Mr. Malthus show the mi sc hi evous nature o f all Interference with the natural promss of population, and' have in this respect effected a complete change in the public opinion," tic. Passage from Mr. MiCulloch's Principles o f P ol i tical Economyt Bvo., Edinburgh, lilgh, pp. 1951 and 194, quote d b y M or d eca i Mullion., " Prom the remotest antiquity down to our Own times, .been the u n if orm p o licy of legislators t o g i ve an artificial stimulus to populati nn , b y enco uraging early marri age, and bestowing re wards on th ose w h o bad reared the greate s t num b er of ch i l d ren . Rut the rese arc h es o f Mr. Malthus, Ad th o, it bad ough not the original discoverer of the principle of population, was certainly the first to establi s h i t on a secure foundation, have shown the mischievous nature of all such interference," Isc. a f ew words r es p ect i ng But we wi s h to say sonic other kindred traits of conduct in Mr. M'Culloch, as contributor to the Edits burgh Review. We have been a Subscriber to that work. during the period of M r . M‘C u ll oc h '5 delinqu cy , and on that groun d site are entitled to w hi s p er our complaint s i n t h e ear of the Our warnings in the ear of th e pu bli c . We FAli en tor, and to shout, therefore denounce Mr. M,Culloch as an impostor. And the first From the LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 14. Office of Ordnance, Nov. 14, 1828. .:poyal:Regituent of AttiHely—Major Blaney Walsh.to be Lien. tenant-Colonel, vice Sinclair, who retires; Erevet-Major Ns thaniel Wilmot Oliver, to be Major, vice Walsh ; Second Cap tain Phillip Warren Walker to be Captain, vice Oliver ; •Second Captain Robert F. Phillip s , f rom half-pay, to be Second Captain. vice Walker. War-Office, Noy. 13,, 1E46. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Rdward Wingfield Dickeii son, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted. 4th Ditto—Cornet Con. William Vaughan, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Ace Owen, promoted. _ . Pith Ditto—Henry Ilaythurst France, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Jerningham, promoted. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Aitchison, Hankey from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Harrison, who cxchangee. 9th Ditto-.-Copt. Henry James Ramsdell, from the 82d Fuot, to be Captain, vice ,Vaughan, who exchanges. 16th Ditto--Oervas Stanford Deverill, Cent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bonham, whoseappointuwut has not takestplace. ad Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Bowden to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,•vice Elting ton, promoted; Gentleman Cadet William Frederick Eltington, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bowden. - 3d Regiment of Foot—John Henry Isaac, Gest. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dare, promoted in the 46th Foot. 7th Ditto--Gentleman Cadet Robert H. Cuthbert, Gent. from the Royal Military 'College, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Weitenra, promoted. 10th Ditto—Captain Win. Thom* Harrison, front the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Hankey, wbo exchanged. 14th Ditto—Major Sir Jelin Rowland Eustace, from half pay 19th Light Dragoons, to by Major vice Marshall, pro- . tooted. 17th Ditto—Lieutenant William Taylor Peter Shortt, from the 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wootton, who exchanges. 19th Ditto—Lewis Wynne, Gent. to be Ensign, by purcl►ase, vice Williamson, promoted. 2.2 d Ditto--Lieutenunt Win. Potenger to Le Adjutant, vice Edward*, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Vbtit Ditto—Captain James M. Robertson to be Major, by purchase, vice Denham, promoted ; Lieut. Will. from the S7th Foot, to he Captain, by purchase, vice Robertsuu. 40th Ditto—.L'inagn James Btopfor4 to be Lirutemtut„ by pur chase, vice Dalrymple, promoted; Ferdinand White, Gout. to bu Ensign, without purchase, vice Stopford. 42d Ditto... Edward Birkett Grant, Gent. to he .E.,nsign, by purchase, vice Dunsmore, prom o t e d. 4841 Ditto--Henry Tuftnn, Gent. to be Ensign, by ptirchose. vice Clements, promoted. _ 44th Ditto--:Lieut. Henry Wootton, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Short, who exchanges. bbtli Ditto—Ensign Philip Richardson Peck to be .Lieuteneat, by purchase, vice Cumberland, promoted. bdth Ditto-4.ieutenaut Clowles Stanhope JOlll,l to be Captains by purchase, vice Harding, promoted. dist Ditto—Assistunt.Surgeon Michael M‘Dermott, M. D. from the 83d Foot, to he Aseistent-Sergeon, vice Whyte, pro.. mated in the tot,li Foot. 62d Ditto—Captain Hon. George Vaughan, from the 9tl Light Dragoons, to he Captain, vice Rumsdeu, who exchanges. 64th Dittor—Quarterruaster-Ser l jeant James Carr, to he Quar termaster, vice Crymble, who retires upon full-pay. r 68. th Ditto—To he Ensigus—Ensign Andrew Muekesun WOW house, ,from the half-pay, vice William Fuller, who exehso ges , receiving the difference ; Hon. Robert Boyle, by purchase, vice Welwyn, promoted. 721 Ditto—Ensign Wm. Damon, from the half-pay, to be Ensign, vice Lewis Sondes Dewily, 'who exchanges, receiving the difference. 78th Ditto—John Shields, Gent. to he Ensign, without pur chase, vice Young, deceased. 830 Ditto.—John Qeorge Pole, Gent. to be Ensign, by p ar . chose, vice Ainslie, promoted ; Ilospital-A.wiistent Theft. .Lantes Ayre to be Assistant-Surgeon, .vice Al‘Dertnott, appointed to the 61st Foot. . Ist West liklia Regiment—Frederick Browne Russell, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Russell, promoted in the Royal African Colonial Corps. Royal African Colonial Corps , —Lieutertarts JA171114 Jickeon to l Captain, vice Gregg, deceased. To be Lieutenants--Ensign Jonas Paiiley Hardy, Vice W. P. Ei God ai w grt inge w ee a a r c ti etl M ; ill ß ez i . g v n ies Cl o no sou lec N o tt, i,,,iee vi ea sel tie ; Wyse, deceased suwaia ; iu Russell, from the Ist West India Regiment, vice Jackson. To be Ensigns—Henry Richton, (lent. view St a pl eton , d e _ tame d ; Volunteer William W. :Pereival, vice Hardy ; Volunteer John Isaac, viol Nott; Volunteer 'Thomas Green, vice Miller. To be Assistant-burgeons---Ilampital-Assistant l'atrick Joseph Mende, vice Cahill, deceased ; 'Hospital-Assistant Thomas Bouteld Sibbald, vice Ryan, deceased. . - 80/var.—James Lewis Higgins, Esq. late Brevet Lieut.-Co lonel and Major in the 6th Dragoon Guards, to have the rank of Lieut.-Colonel on the Continent of Europe only. HOSPITAL STA I' F.--TO be Hospital-Avaistanta to the Forces— Alexander Thorn, Gent. vice Chapnia4, appointed to the Pith Foot ; Michael Alexander Lowry, (Gent. viee Hatterbpappolated to the 14th Foot ; .Augustus Henry Cowen, Gem. vies Wood, lip pointed to the 20th Foot; William Ira, Gent. vire William Stewart, appointed to the 6th Nit. UN A 'PTA IL u.--To be Lieutenent.Coloneht of folantry, by purchase—Major Dixon Denham, front the Vsth Foot; M 4 l O, John Marshall, front the 14th Foot ; Lieutenant and Captain John Eltingtou, front the Sti Foot Math , To be Major* of infantry. b y purchase—C*l)4h+ Williau4- Harding, from the Nth Foes; Captain William Nepean, from the 4th Li g h t D ragoons ; Capta i n J o h n J ames S no d grass , f rom the 91st F oot . - To he Captains of infantry, by purebAse---Lieutemult Beutiuck 11. Cumberland, from the With Foot; Lieutenant William ltios .leuffiteGoantititrdisto;otitiletitletliesuradnet Itegittald 6th Dragoon Gonda. tcyunrteDizeinr,onftrotti; 4vtohotD;rar A z :11141 1 1.0d c L u i tt o r te bo niu n :ta fi n , f mi li ti fit:t b ry i:it bL o p t u ; roli ci ase-- mign E i n t !igst wili .l w atn y r i, from the 438th ; ot. Afounta xi, —.411 e u rill er-ment.nne(lC/like have been allowed Lieut.-o,lonel Wm. Abut% half-pay Itoyal Illarine Artillery; Colon' Lewis C+as. Mean+, Royal Airtjojurlic ituteietoo.Culuthr:li*tj': Ma Major 21 et Foot ; Alajor Wm. Sandy* Ehintim, Retired bat 4th 'loyal Veteran Battalion; Captain William Swebey, Lalf-pay Royal Artillery; Captain Fran se P. /3etlibp